I have been a Ten-Tec owner sence who knows when? my first was back in 1978 the TRITON IV, wish I had it now. After that,came the argonaut,century 21,Corsair 2 and finaly the best so far the OMNI VI Plus,I work only Code and all my contacts are raving about my signal, hope the new ORION will be even or better then mine,I am seriously thinking getting the ORION. 73 WF6W